Walt Disney's close friend Ub Iwerks brought Mickey Mouse to life. Fifty years after his death, Iwerks' legacy is coming into focus.

Because the Oscar and Emmy nominee grew up as the daughter of longtime Disney executive Don Iwerks and granddaughter of Ub Iwerks, the Disney animation legend who worked side-by-side with Walt ...

After watching the Disney+ docuseries “The Imagineering Story” in 2019, Warner Bros. executives approached Leslie Iwerks about documenting their studio’s history. “They said, ‘We’d ...

Her grandfather, Ub Iwerks, met Walt Disney at an art studio in Kansas City in 1919, before becoming his chief animator on Laugh-O-Gram cartoons in 1922. After moving to Los Angeles in 1923, they ...

"Fiddlesticks" is a short film featuring the character Flip the Frog. It was the first cartoon with sound and color photography.

The critically acclaimed Disney+ documentary series, The Imagineering Story, is now a book that greatly expands the award-winning filmmaker Leslie Iwerks' narrative of the fascinating history of ...